1971 Greenlandic Provincial Council election

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16 April 1971 (1971-04-16)

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All 16 seats in the Provincial Council (plus compensatory seats)

Turnout

67.69%

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
	KNAPK [de]	Lamik Møller [de]	6.50	1	+1
	Independents	–	84.70	16	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Chairman before	Chairman after
Erling Høegh [de] Independent	Lars Chemnitz Independent

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Provincial Council elections were held in Greenland on 16 April 1971.

Electoral system

Members of the Provincial Council were elected by first-past-the-post voting in 16 single-member constituencies. Political parties or lists were entitled to compensatory seats if they received more than one-sixteenth of the valid votes cast (6.25%).

Results

As KNAPK [de] received more than 6.25% of the valid vote, they were entitled to a compensatory seat.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	KNAPK [de]	923	6.50	1
	Arnat Peqatigiit Kattuffiat [de]	402	2.83	0
	Blue Cross	354	2.49	0
	National Confederation of Trade Unions	339	2.39	0
	Greenland Business Association [de]	155	1.09	0
	Independents	12,029	84.70	16
Total		14,202	100.00	17

Valid votes		14,202	97.09
Invalid/blank votes		426	2.91
Total votes		14,628	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		21,610	67.69
Source: Atuagagdliutit, Danmarks Statistik

Elected members

Constituency	Elected member
Aasiaat	Otto Steenholdt [de]
Ammassalik	Erinarteq Jonathansen [de]
Ilulissat	Lars Chemnitz
Ittoqqortoormiit	Andreas Sanimuinaq [de]
Kangaatsiaq	Nikolaj Karlsen [de]
Maniitsoq	Alibak Josefsen [de]
Nanortalik	Marius Abelsen [de]
Narsaq	Johan Knudsen [de]
Nuuk	Lars-Emil Johansen
Paamiut	Ole Berglund [de]
Qaqortoq	Jonathan Motzfeldt
Qeqertarsuaq	David Broberg [de]
Sisimiut	Jørgen C. F. Olsen [de]
Thule	Qissunguaq Kristiansen [de]
Upernavik	Knud Kristiansen [de]
Uummannaq	Elisabeth Johansen
Supplementary seat	Niels Carlo Heilmann [de]
Source: Kjœr Sørensen

Aftermath

Marius Abelsen [de] died in 1972 and was replaced by Jørgen Poulsen [de]. Poulsen died in 1973 and was replaced by Hendrik Nielsen. Johan Knudsen [de] also died in 1973 and was replaced by Lars Godtfredsen [de]. In 1973 Mathæus Tobiassen [de] replaced Ole Berglund [de].

References

Statistical Yearbook 1975 Danmarks Statistik
Axel Kjœr Sørensen (2007) Denmark-Greenland in the twentieth Century p177

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